Fox News chief Roger Ailes denies harassing Megyn Kelly

Ailes has denied the charges.

Ailes is facing a sexual harassment lawsuit from former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson.

By early 2003, Fox News Channel had passed CNN as the most-watched cable news network, a crown it has held ever since.

A spokeswoman for Ailes referred all inquiries to a spokesman for 21st Century Fox, who said, “This matter is not yet resolved and the review is not concluded”.

The statement from 21st Century Fox comes amid several reports that the chairman and CEO is negotiating his exit.

A former Republican Party operative, Ailes built Fox News from nothing 20 years ago to create a hugely profitable media platform for conservative politics in the US.

The brothers have made their stamp on the business in various ways – carrying out buyouts to trim costs and restructuring the global channels business.

“Don’t believe the crap about” Ailes, Rivera wrote. “I don’t know what the internal review has turned up”. Fox News referred all calls to its parent.

Rupert Murdoch and his family own 21st Century Fox and Fox News through the Murdoch Family Trust.

Kelly’s agent did not return requests for comment from news agencies on Tuesday.

“Roger Ailes is the most important person in television news”. While James wants Ailes to either resign or be fired this week, his father and Lachlan reportedly want “no action taken” until after this week’s GOP convention, NY magazine reported Monday. She told The Hollywood Reporter “Roger has spent the last 10 years helping Megyn Kelly become the star that she is”.

Ailes has responded by launching a counteroffensive against Kelly. In a statement, 21st Century Fox said: “Roger is at work”. It’s refreshing news that the exec will no longer run Fox News, but the fact that he’ll be payed to leave taints the bit of progress achieved. And a number of prominent women at Fox have issued statements supportive of Ailes. He was a media consultant for three successful Republican presidential candidates – Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush – but retired as a political consultant after working on Richard Thornburgh’s losing Senate campaign in 1991. He returned to TV in the early 1990s, as executive producer of Rush Limbaugh’s TV show and then as president of CNBC.

In an interview with Charlie Rose last October 7, Kelly described the Fox News CEO as a “mentor” who has been “nothing but good to me, and he’s been very loyal and he’s had my back”.

But his dealings with Murdoch’s sons have been tense.

It’s still unclear how his exit would impact the company, since numerous network’s biggest stars have clauses in their contracts that give them the option to leave is Ailes exits – including Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Sustern. All these events sparked speculations in the related industry regarding the future of Mr. Ailes at Fox News.